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Friday, April 30, 2010

Black Bean Hummus with Crispy Corn Chips

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Saturday marks the 136th run of the Kentucky Derby and I thought it would be nice to provide some snacks for nibbling as we watched the race and procession of hats at Churchill Downs. I'm a "people watcher", and, to Bob's dismay, I have more fun with before and after events than I do with the race itself. Fortunately food is our great equalizer. I want to serve something outside the pale of standard derby fare, so I decided to try a recipe developed by the chefs at Kai Restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona. The restaurant specializes in Native American food and this dip is their interpretation of hummus. It's extremely easy to make and is quite unlike its Middle Eastern cousin in all but texture. While bagged chips could certainly be used, I've decided to serve it with homemade tortilla chips. The corn flavored chips will nicely balance the citrus in the dip and give it a more Southwestern flavor. I cut my corn tortillas into quarters and deep-fried them. If you are watching calories they could be crisped in the oven. Either way, they are a perfect accompaniment to the dip. Here's the recipe for the black bean hummus.

I have all the ingredients on hand to put this on the "derby" table. Thanks! I'm also happy to have the liptauer cheese connection at the end of today's recipe. My elderly Hungarian friend, now deceased, made it for us every holiday. We love it!

Mary, I belong to a book group called The Muses. In addition to having a book discussion once a month, we do other activities and include the spouses. For several years, we've been attending the Grant Park music presentations and having dinner somewhere nearby. Ah, yes, dreaming of owning a sailboat and sailing the seven seas someday!

You are so right - food is a great equalizer for sporting events (it certainly helps equalize me during football season:) This recipe looks so tasty! I love how flexible hummus is but homemade fried chips - wow. I'll have to make this. Hope you enjoy your people watching on racing day!

How funny, my friend is the Director of Sales for the publishing house that published Kai's cookbook: "The New Native American Cuisine" ... and he just sent me a copy of it last week. While flipping through, the black bean hummus was the first recipe I flagged to try. What a coincidence!

Love what you've done with the recipe and it will make a brilliant Derby Day snack. Enjoy the race and the people watching!

One of the most versatile and wonderful dip in the world. Your photos make me want to scrape them off the page. And you are so right - the Derby is grand people atching! he horses are pretty splendid, also!

How wonderful! I was just wondering if I should make snacks for The Derby. If we were home, we'd go to a great big party with all of the ladies wearing fancy hats. I think that mine is in the basement somewhere... Instead it'll just be us and the kids. I should try this!

I'm with you...I'm not big on the race, but I love watching the people.

What a wonderful hummus! I love to use black beans in making sweet soup. I think it tastes quite unique & flavourful even just by itself. I'm still trying to imagine the combination flavour between the two! hmm..mm....Blessings, Kristy

I made this recently and thought it was delicious! I did think it was a bit too citrusy so I ended up adding another can of garbanzo beans but it turned out great! I am posting it soon and will link to your blog, thanks!

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